STUDENT NEWS

University High School of Science, Engineering

HARTFORD — The University High School of Science and Engineering has announced students who achieved honor roll during marking period three of the 2017-18 school year.

Cromwell: high honors, Samuel Shagan, grade 12; Megha Tirumali, grade 11.

East Hampton: high honors, Noel Flannery, grade 10.

Middletown/Middlefield: high honors, Brandon Baker, grade 12; Jordan Baker, grade 10; Fleance Gauat, grade 10; Christopher Johnson, grade 9; honors: George Zell grade 12; Sami Avci, grade 10; Julia Bengtson, grade 10; Donte Pope, grade 10.

Moodus: high honors: Antonio Addario, grade 10; Tucker Perry, grade 10.

Portland: high honors: John Mosley, grade 12; Robert Mosley, grade 12; Andrew Prokop, grade 12; Jenna Lagana, grade 10.

Bryant University

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island — Bryant University has released the names of students who made the dean’s list for the fall 2017 semester:

Brooke Amendola, class of 2019 from Westbrook; Kelly Barry, class of 2021 from Portland; Nicholas Cianfaglione, class of 2021 from Old Saybrook; Katherine Connelly, class of 2019 from Middletown; Morgan Dickson, class of 2018 from Durham; Adrienne Dimauro, class of 2019 from Middletown; Kavan Drake, class of 2020 from Middletown; Nash Eppard, class of 2020 from Essex; Connor Frauendorf, class of 2020 from Portland; Ryan Johnson, class of 2018 from Ivoryton; Joshua Lake, class of 2019 from Moodus; MaryKate Marshall, class of 2021 from Old Saybrook; Tyler Meeker, class of 2018 from Durham; Francesca Moran, class of 2018 from Clinton; Charles Papagiannopoulos, class of 2018 from East Haddam; Aidan Serrano, class of 2020 from Essex; Christopher Solomon, class of 2021 from Durham; Stephanie Sousa, class of 2021 from Cromwell; Amy Sparaco, class of 2020 from Westbrook; Gabriel Van Ness, class of 2018 from Clinton.

Also, Amy Sparaco, class of 2020, of Westbrook, was named to president’s list for fall 2017. The list is an academic distinction for students who earn a GPA of 4.0 or better for at least 12 semester hours of work.

Eastern Connecticut State University

WILLIMANTIC — The Economics Department at Eastern Connecticut State University inducted 15 students into the Omicron Delta Epsilon international economics honor society in April, including Cassidy Neri, ’19, of Westbrook, who majors in political science and economics; and Albert Viglione, ’19, of Clinton, who majors in economics.

In other news, displays of research and creativity filled the Student Center at ECSU April 13 for the annual Celebrating Research Excellence and Artistic Talent at Eastern contest.

Participants from Middlesex County include:

Adam Berlin ’20 of Cromwell, who majors in secondary education; Brianna Crysler ’19 of Moodus, who majors in English; Jessica Durkin ’18 of Portland, who majors in biology; Nathan Edwards ’19 of East Hampton, who majors in psychology; Peter Ereshena ’20 of Middletown, who majors in business information systems; Noah Hallisey ’18 of Westbrook, who majors in environmental earth science; Alexandria Hollwedel ’18 of Ivoryton, who majors in psychology

Also, Lindsey Hopkins ’20 of East Hampton, who majors in psychology; Danny Lee ’19 of East Hampton, who majors in psychology; Annie Lion-Lee ’18 of Old Saybrook, who majors in music; Matthew Lyons ’20 of Old Saybrook, who majors in secondary education; Taryn McCabe ’18 of East Hampton, who majors in history and social science; Sarah Piscatelli ’19 of East Hampton, who majors in social work; Jason Staub ’18 of Portland, who majors in sport and leisure management and business administration; Brooke Unikewicz ‘19 of Portland, who majors in social work.

CREATE featured more than 200 students of all majors who led oral and poster presentations, panel discussions, music and dance performances, art and photography exhibitions, as well as documentary viewings and new-media demonstrations.

A record-breaking 41 ECSU students presented their research at the 2018 National Conference on Undergraduate Research April 4 to 7 at the University of Central Oklahoma. They included:

Nathan Edwards ’19 of East Hampton, who majors in psychology. Edwards’ research was titled “How Optimism Affects Stress Response and Ability to Multitask.”

Demitra Kourtzidis ’19 of East Hampton, who majors in political science. Kourtzidis’s research was titled “State Criminal Justice Policy: Developing Indices of Punitiveness and Rehabiltation Efforts.”

Lindsay Pattavina ’18 of Moodus, who majors in elementary education and English. Pattavina’s research was titled “Picture This: African American Cultural Representation in Children’s Literature.”